As on June 1, Ontario’s minimum wage will rise to $11 — a 75 cent raise from the current $10.25.

The government also announced plans to introduce legislation that would tie future minimum wage increases to inflation. If passed, any increases would be announced by April 1 and come into effect on Oct. 1.

The last time Ontario raised the minimum wage was in 2010, before it was frozen. There are about 500,000 people in Ontario working at minimum wage.

Ontario sets a lower minimum wage for students, liquor server, hunting and fishing guides and homeworkers, who will also all see a raise in June. Liquor servers have the lowest set wage, justified because they earn tips, and their wage will rise to $9.55 from $8.90.

“Increasing the minimum wage will help improve the standard of living for hardworking people across the province, while ensuring that businesses have the predictability necessary to plan for the future,” said Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a statement.

The change will put Ontario on par with Nunavut for the highest minimum wage in Canada. Most provinces and territories hover within the $10 to $10.50 range, while Alberta has the lowest minimum wage in the country at $9.95 per hour.

These are the current rates across the country, including the change in Ontario:

Despite the rise, a full-time, minimum-wage worker in Ontario will still fall below the poverty line making $11 an hour. At that rate, a minimum wage worker would earn $20,020 before taxes if they worked 35 hours per week, every week for a year, or $22,880 at 40 hours per week. That is, of course, assuming a worker could obtain that many hours and not lose hours to time off or illness.

The poverty line in Ontario sits around $23,000 for a single person, reports The Star, and earning a comfortable living is another figure entirely. According to a report from the Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives, a living wage for “a decent quality of life” is as high as $18.69 per hour in Halton and $16.60 per hour in Toronto.

Anti-poverty activists have been pushing for a minimum wage of $14 an hour, or $25,480 per year assuming a 35-hour work week.